11.—(1) The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 5(4) (meaning of “person in hardship”) for “or nursing home” there shall be substituted “, nursing home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital”.
(3) In regulation 11(5) (application of Part and meaning of “couple in hardship”) for “or nursing home” there shall be substituted “, nursing home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital”.